Assessment of a Community Support Worker Intervention for Persons Living With HIV (PLWH) in Rural Ethiopia

• Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
• Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
• Main ID: NCT02448394
• Date of registration: 14/05/2015
• Prospective Registration: Yes
• Primary sponsor: University of Minnesota
• Public title: Assessment of a Community Support Worker Intervention for Persons Living With HIV (PLWH) in Rural Ethiopia SHAMA
• Scientific title: Assessment of a Community Support Worker Intervention for PLWH in Rural Ethiopia
• Date of first enrolment: October 2015
• Target sample size: 1799
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02448394
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Supportive Care. Masking: Single (Investigator).
• Phase: N/A

Countries of recruitment

Ethiopia

Contacts

• Name: Alan Lifson, MD
• Affiliation: University of Minnesota

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- new enrollment in HIV care at hospital or health clinic in the target region within
the previous 3 months, and

- age >18 years

Exclusion Criteria:

- inability to give consent because of physical or mental incapacity



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

HIV

Intervention(s)

Other: Community Support Worker

Primary Outcome(s)

Retention in care [Time Frame: 3-year follow-up]

Secondary Outcome(s)

Change in HIV knowledge [Time Frame: 3-year follow-up]

Change in HIV-related attitudes [Time Frame: 3-year follow-up]

Secondary ID(s)

1410S54203

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors